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L. E. ESTLER.

TOY.

APPLICATION FILED MAR-23,1916.

1,222,,5u Patented Apr. 1?, 1917.

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LOUIS E. ES'ILER, 0F PA'JJERSON, NEW JERSEY.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

llatented Apr. it, 1911?.

Application filed March 23, 1916. Serial No. 86,169.

To all whom it may concern..."

Be it known that I, Louis E. Es'rnnn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Paterson, in the county of Passaic and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Toys, of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to provide an amusing and attractive toy that may be manufactured at the minimum of cost; and it consists in the novel combination of parts hereinafter pointed out and including a suitable frame adapted to be pushed over the ground or floor in an inclined position on traction members, and a vane or vanes or other moving members adapted to be driven from the traction wheels and by their movements, or perhaps also by being brightly or variously colored, to attract the eye and thus amuse children.

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Figure is a perspective view of the toy;

Fig. 2 a side elevation, partly in section on line a2-.r, Fig. 3; and,

Fig. 3 a plan. I

a is an arched stick, rod or the like, and b a wire support which in the present instance affords bearings both for the wheels and the vanes.

The support is mainly formed by a single piece of wire which is first passed through a hole 0 in the stick a, then has both ends bent off in the same direction to form parallel portion (Z cl, then, after being formed into eyes or loops 6 6, again bent ofl in the same direction, but in a plane at a suitable angle to the portions (Z (Z, to form parallel portions f f, and finally bent toward each other, as at g g, the portions 9 9 being passed through another hole it in the stick and protruding at both sides thereof.

On the protruding ends of the portions 9 g are journaled the said traction members here consisting of wheels, 11 11, having formed integrally with each of them a pulley j y,- when the wheels have been applied, the ends of portions 9 9 may be clenched, as at g g, to form stops to keep the wheels in place.

A wire spindle is is passed through the eyes or loops 6 e and affords at its ends bearings for vanes Z Z, which are retained in place by clenching the extremities of the spindle, as at 70 70. Each vane has glued or otherwise fixed thereto a pulley m. It is preferable that the vanes be distinctively and brightly colored.

A belt or band n extends around each two pulleys j m which are on the same side of stick a. Preferably one of the belts is crossed, to cause one vane to turn oppositely to the other.

In use, the rod or stick, resting in an inclined position with the wheels on the floor or ground, is held in the hand at its upper end and moved back or forth, the wheels transmitting through the belts a reverse whirling motion to the vanes.

The parts a, i and m are herein shown as composed of wood, but that is immaterial.

A spacer 0 may be placed on spindle 7a to keep the eye-portions e of the wire apart.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is l. A toy including, in combination, a frame adapted to be held in the hand in an inclined position, vanes journaled in the frame side by side, and means, including traction means j ournaled in the lower end of and supporting the frame, for rotating the vanes in reverse directions.

2. A toy including, in combination, a frame, the frame including a rod adapted to be held in the hand at one end, an arched wire support attached at the extremities of its arch to the rod, a member to be rotated journaled in said support between its extremities, and means, including rotary traction means journaled in the frame at the other end of the rod, for moving said member, one extremity of said support afiording a journal for the rotary traction means.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature.

LOUIS E. ESTLER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G. 

